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Ammon Bundy speaks to the media in front of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters on Jan. 6 near Burns, Ore. Bundy was arrested on Tuesday. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Ammon Bundy speaks to the media in front of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters on Jan….
Photo LaVoy Finicum talking to reporters on Jan. 5 about the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Credit Jarod Opperman for The New York Times JOHN DAY, Ore. — A week into the armed occupation of a wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon, LaVoy Finicum, an Arizona rancher and father of 11 who…
In a shootout in the US state of Oregon yesterday evening (Jan. 26), the FBI confronted members a militant group that since early this month has occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Authorities took eight people into custody after the shootout, including group leader Ammon Bundy and his brother Ryan, who was shot in the…
Photo Police officers in Oregon blocked a highway in Seneca, Ore., on Tuesday during a confrontation with Ammon Bundy and his group. Credit Dave Killen/The Oregonian, via Associated Press JOHN DAY, Ore. — Ammon Bundy, the leader of an armed seizing of a federal wildlife refuge in rural eastern Oregon, was arrested and one person…
Ammon Bundy in Nevada in 2014, before he led an armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon this weekend. George Frey / Getty Images The takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon appears to be more than just a protest of the impending imprisonment of two ranchers who set fires that spread…
Height – 1536 | Width – 2048 Photo: Buck Ennis Scaffolds are ubiquitous in the city. One day in 2004, workmen arrived at the corner of West 123rd Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem to erect a sidewalk shed, one of those unsightly steel-and-wooden structures that pop up any time a building is under…
Mayor de Blasio updated the city on the post-blizzard state of affairs, with his biggest concern keeping the streets clear—and to that end, alternate side parking has been suspended for the entire week. “We want people to stay off the streets, keep their cars where they’re parked,” he said. “It will take a lot of…
Entry Text UPDATE: 8:38 p.m. ET — RCMP say four people were killed in a shooting in northern Saskatchewan, not five as the prime minister said earlier. LA LOCHE, Sask. — A student who was just returning from lunch when shots were fired at a northern Saskatchewan school Friday said his friends ran past him…
The Radio Times is reporting that Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat will be leaving the massively successful British sci-fi series at the end of its upcoming tenth season. Moffat—who took over showrunning duties from Russell T. Davies in 2010, just in time for the fifth season of the long-running time-travel show’s current iteration—will be replaced…
The great and powerful Mitch has spoken, and on Saturday New York City will be blanketed in 8-12″ or perhaps 24″ or even 36 inches of fluffy, white snow. Or not! Regardless the outcome, if plans for hunkering down on Saturday include relying on the services of your local restaurants, it’s important to keep in…